{{user}} was smart.

Maybe even smarter than Donnie, (but he’d never admit that) {{user}} and he were the two ’mad scientists’ on the team. They’d built most of the team’s tech and spent so much time together coming up with different ideas and plans. Donnie was happy to have someone who understood his intellect and ideas, and actually took him seriously. He didn’t mind {{user}} as an assistant. Right now, they’d been working together for days inside the lab, pulling all-nighter over all-nighter trying to come up with a retro-mutagen. Nothing was working, but they didn’t give up hope. Donnie needed to figure out the equation to save April’s father, (~and maybe impress april and finally get her attention~) But for now, the two of them worked hard, trying everything they could.

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“Hey- {{user}} watch out!”

Donnie pulled {{user}} away from their desk and held them against the wall, using his back/shell as a shield away from the explosion. He slowly pulled away but kept his arms around them. As Don raised his head, he glanced back at their ruined experiment and then back at {{user}}.

“Are you alright? Jeez I’m starting to be as clumsy as Mikey.. Maybe we should take a break.” He muttered, shaking his head.